2022 Able Muse Write Prize: Contest Winners Announcement
~ Able Muse Write Prize (for Poetry & Fiction) ~
2022 Contest Winners Announcement
Able Muse is pleased to announce the winners of the Write Prize for poetry & fiction (judged anonymously throughout by the Able Muse Contest Committee and the final judges, Dennis Must for fiction, and Aaron Poochigian or poetry). The winning writer and the winning poet will each receive a $500 prize.
Write Prize (for Fiction), Final Judge: Dennis Must (author of MacLeish Sq. and Going Dark: Selected Stories)
FICTION WINNER: Lorna Brown - “Looking for Anna”
Here is what Dennis Must has to say about Lorna Brown’s winning story:
“‘Fiction is the art form of human yearning . . . absolutely essential to any work of fictional narrative art—a character who yearns. And that is not the same as a character who simply has problems . . .’—Robert Olen Butler. Lorna Brown’s ‘Looking For Anna’ embodies the lifeblood of those stories that endure in our memory stream long after they have been read.”
The winning story will be published in the Winter 2022/23 issue of Able Muse, print edition. (No other entry in the fiction category achieved selection for publication.)
FICTION HONORABLE MENTION:
• Trish Lindsey Jaggers - “Momma Bear, 1967”
FICTION SHORTLIST:
• Bruce Johnson – “Minor Possessions”
• J.S. Kierland – “Night Flights”
• Victoria Mack - “Hot Rabbi”
• Suzanne C Martinez - “A Lucky Two Dollar Bill”
• Mark Rhodes - “Turtle Farming”
• Roger Sedarat – “Persian Borges”
• Alan Sincic – “The Painting”
• Rob Wright - “A Tall Tale”
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Write Prize (for Poetry), Final Judge: Aaron Poochigian (author of American Devine—recipient of the 2020 Richard Wilbur Award)
POETRY WINNER: Brian Brodeur - “On Mistaking a Stranger for a Dead Friend”
Here is what Aaron Poochigian has to say about Brian Brodeur’s winning poem:
“‘On Mistaking a Stranger for a Dead Friend’ has it all—the sounds, the psychology (a whole theory of memory) and, most important of all, playfulness even when the subject is tragic. Bird, riverbank, and a random encounter all blend into a perfect representation of a human mind at work. Bravo!”
POETRY FINALISTS:
• Aaron Fischer – “Ella Fitzgerald: Berlin 1960”
• Donald Wheelock – “Crow’s Nest”
- The winning and finalists’ poems will be published in the Winter 2022/23 issue of Able Muse, print edition.
POETRY HONORABLE MENTION:
• Daniel E. Haar – “Walking the Woods”
• Daniel E. Haar - “Yang and Yin at Cottage Street, 1953”
• B. Fulton Jennes – “Mrs. Tweedy Was an Atheist”
• Brett Reid – “An Old Man Getting Dressed One Morning in the Changing Room of a Public Swimming Pool”
• David M Sloan – “Too Close—A Pantoum”
Congratulations to our winner, finalists, honorable mention, and shortlisted: well done to all! And thank you to everyone who entered.
**NOTE: The results for the 2022 Able Muse Book Award will be announced soon.
Subscribe now to Able Muse to read the fine work of the contest winners and finalists in the forthcoming Winter 2022/23 issue.
Stay tuned for the announcements coming soon for the 2023 Able Muse contests.
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